fiscina Latin · revision 33297

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=la fiscus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fiscina''' ''f'' (genitive fiscinae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is derived from [[m|la|fiscus|t=basket]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan finds no etymology for [[m|la|fiscus]]: a derivation from [[m|la|findō|t=to cleave]] is possible in theory but gratuitous.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Naevius, quoted by Servius;^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler from Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a basket of rush, wickerwork or similar, used in pressing fruit and for carrying fruit or wine;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero has a basket of figs, and Virgil, Columella and Pliny the Elder use it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid has baskets for leaves and fodder.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Plautus' ''cum porcīs, cum fiscinā'', “with the pigs, with the basket”, apparently means everything, lock, stock and barrel.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, ''cum porcīs, cum fiscinā''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of a basket of figs.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small [[m|en|basket]] of rush or [[m|en|wickerwork]], for fruit, wine and the like, a [[m|en|punnet]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fiscus]]

+ * [[fiscella]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short refer to [[fiscella]] for the synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}